Mise-en-scene in my production

the mise-en-scene connotes and decodes two very opposing moods throughout the duration of my music video. The mise-en-scene is made up of different components that the target audience and demographic see on screen; this ranges from lighting to props and costumes used in the shot.

For the majority of my scenes (within my music video) signify the emotion of happiness and love in a loving manner, this is decoded from the mise-en-scene. Throughout the duration of the production high key lighting is used this is a natural light source signifies the happiest shared between the two characters and by it only being natural lighting connotes that the emotions felt between them is natural and real. The use of different props conveys and signifies as a sense of time passing, symbolises the length of the relationship between them. For example a vibrant blue camera was used in some scenes signifies happiness through the vibrance-ness of the camera while connoting at ideology of the scene being in the past thinking back on memories. The facial expressions play a huge part within the mise-en-scene to signify and portray the happiness or sadness felt by one person. The close ups of smiling mouths in the archive footage connotes the happiness and comfort felt in each others presence.

I also have the use of low key desaturated lighting to convey and signify the emotion of lost and depression in certain parts of my music video production. The use of the necklace conveys and connotes the a sense of memory and realisation of what the character has lost, only to be enlightened by the end when her love is restored as her significant other returns to her. However as previous said facial expressions are a primary source of showing emotion of the audience to encode and decode in the production. Within my music video they not only symbolise and denote happiness but also conveys and connotes hurt and lost from the close up shots of the tears falling. The body movement is another factor the clenched fists conveying and connoting the anger within waiting to burst out leaving the demographic with enigma as to why and when the explosion of fury will happen.